Press-follower for dried fruites, &amp;c.



PATENTED JULY 25, 1905.

J. GVFASSETT. PRESS FOLLOWER FOR DRIED FRUITS, &0.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10,1904.

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JOHN G. FAS SETT, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PRESS-FOLLOWER FOR DRIED FRUITS, 800.

Patented July 25, 1905.

Application filed February 10, 1904:. Serial No. 193,216.

1'0 a whom it nwty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. FASSETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Press- Follower for Dried Fruits and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in press-followers for dried fruits and other articles in which the follower presses the articles into the box; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide adjustable arms, attached to the follower, which shall reach around the filling-frame and hold the sides of the box from bursting out'as the follower descends into the box; second, to make the arms of such shape that they shall assist in guiding the follower into the box, and, third, to provide a means of compelling the filling-frame to remain on the box as the follower is being removed. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end view; and Fig. 2 a view in perspective, showing the follower a ready to descend into the box 0 through the fillingframe 71..

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout both views.

The plate a is the part which, descending into the box 0, comes in actual contact with the articles to be pressed. To the plate a, are attached the arms 5 b b b, which, reaching around the filling-frame 71,, hold the sides of the box 0 from bursting out as the plate a descends into the box 0. The arms I) 6 Z) 5 are given an outward turn at their extremi. ties, so that they act as guides to the machine as it enters the filling-frame it. Each arm is bolted to a projection on the plate a in such manner that the ends of the arms may have a certain amount of free motion.

Each pair of arms 6 b is held in place, first, from having the ends come closer together than they should by a spring or hard-rubber cushion c, and, second, from spreading apart by a bolt and nut d, this combination of spring, bolt, and nut facilitating the easy adjustment of the arms b.

The bar 6 extends horizontally across the top of the plate a and in the direction which is most convenient, according to the shape of the filling-frame h. This bar is held in place from moving horizontally by long bolts (1 q passing through the bar a and into the plate a; but the bar 0 is allowed to move vertically along the bolts q 9. Around the bolts and resting upon the bar (2 are placed springs f f, which tend to keep the bare as close as possible to the plate a. The object of the abovedescribed bar 0, bolts Q q, and springs f f is that as the-plate a descends into the fillingframe It and box 0 the ends of the bar 6 rest upon the filling-frame 7?, and is held firmly to the filling-frame 71 by means of the springs ff, and as the plate a is removed from the box 0 the bar 6 remains in contact with the filling-frame it until the plate a as it leaves the box 0 and filling-frame it comes in contact with the bar 0, removing the bar 6 along with the remainder of the mechanism, leaving the filling-frame it free, but still in contact with the box 0.

The press-follower may be connected to the pocvlver which is to move it by means of the ro c.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a press-follower of horizontally-adjustable arms, 5, secured to the upper side of the follower, and the arms, 6, having such shape that they reach around the filling-frame, it, and travel along the outside of the box, O, atthe same time the follower travels along the inside of the same box, 0, each pair of arms, Z9, being connected by a bolt, d, and each bolt, (Z, carryinga spring, 0,

in such manner that the spring, 0, exerts an outward pressure on the arms, 6, all substantially as described and for the purpose specifie 2. The combination in apress-follower having adjustable arms, of upwardly-extending bolts, q, secured to the follower, and a horizontal bar, 0, arranged to slide vertically along said bolts, q, and springs, f, secured to said bolts, q, in such manner as to exert a downward pressure on bar, 0, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN Gr. FASSETT. Witnesses:

M. B. FAssETT, E. J. WILLIAMS. 

